3/5/2023 0 Comments 8mm riffle![]() There are some very good deals to be found there, a lot of firearms being sold by collectors and dealers alike. For those of you not familiar with the site Gunsamerica, that is where I found my 700C in 8MM for $390, delivery included to a FFL holder of my choice. This, coupled with a real killer deal on a Remington Model 700 Classic rifle produced only in 8x57 caliber in 2004 that came to my attention, got me my first 8x57 rifle.Ī quick note here. 30-06 loads, along with easily beating the low-powered loads for the 8mm Mauser produced domestically by our big ammunition companies. I saw a load right off that I knew duplicated or exceeded many. I finally happened to notice some new rounds advertised for the "8" and made in Europe by a manufacturer new to me. As I mentioned before, no one I knew had ever used one to hunt deer. Of course, I had heard about it years ago and seen it in many ballistics tables and such. I'm going to take a minute and explain how (before continuing with this line of thought) I became so interested in the 8MM. Imagine how wonderful it would be to have one rifle that easily duplicated the ballistics of the two most popular deer rounds in the U.S.A. And, that being the case, we are simply ignoring one absolutely wonderful cartridge that seems to be just what the doctor ordered for the American deer hunter. It is likely that more rifles are sold in this country to be used for deer hunting than for any other single reason. It may be partly due to the fact that not one of my hunting buddies has ever so much as mentioned the cartridge, never mind hunted with a rifle so chambered. ![]() How I, as someone who literally pours over ballistics tables and the like, could have neglected this fine old caliber for the first 30+ years of my deer hunting career I'll never know. Ed.) But it's my contention that the old, plain Jane, 8MM Mauser is one that we, at least I, have really been downright dumb about. (There are articles about all of these, including the 8x57 Mauser, on the Rifle Cartridge Page. There are some other classic European calibers that we seem to almost completely ignore, the 7圆4, 9.3X74R and 9.3X62 being examples. It still seems to be among the most misunderstood and under appreciated cartridges in the U.S. 318) version of the 8MM Mauser that has been with us for over 100 years. What am I talking about? Why it's that classic and very versatile cartridge, the 8MM Mauser (8X57 S or JS version). Something new and refreshing and, gee, only a bit over 100 years old. By golly I think I may just have stumbled onto something here.
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